> On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > > Minox 35... I still have my Minox 35GT-E, which I purchased new in 1998. It > is a lovely camera and has made many great photos for me. I've currently got > it loaded with some Tri-X and may take it on my two-week excursion to the > Right Coast tomorrow. > > Regards terminology, cameras like this, the Rollei 35, the Voigtländer Perkeo > II, etc, are "scale focus" cameras ... they have no rangefinder or TTL > viewing system, you focus by setting a distance on the focusing scale. A > true "zone focusing camera" is even simpler than this: the focusing scale has > no distance markings, just symbols to indicate far, intermediate distances, > and close up.
<and so forth> We may not always agree on everything, but I do admire and respect your cyclopedic (Polyphemian?) knowledge on so many topics. I did think of you yesterday when I passed a light blue Giullia(?) sprint of similar vintage to yours. As I was driivng unfortunately as I was driving, getting a photo wasn't feasible. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
